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THE ARTS+/B3 The Future of Culture Festival
Elise By Olsen
Editor, publisher and curator
With an expansive list of art- and fashion projects, she has collaborated with institutions such as British Fashion Council, 89plus, Business of Fashion, Thaddaeus Ropac, Central Saint Martins, TEDx, and brands such as Galeries Lafayette, AnOther Magazine, SSENSE and Gucci.
Editor, publisher and curator
With an expansive list of art- and fashion projects, she has collaborated with institutions such as British Fashion Council, 89plus, Business of Fashion, Thaddaeus Ropac, Central Saint Martins, TEDx, and brands such as Galeries Lafayette, AnOther Magazine, SSENSE and Gucci.
She currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Wallet, a new publication dedicated to critical dialogue within the fashion industry: the business, the money, the politics. In Wallet’s past she has examined topics such as authority, publishing, education, retail and casting, speaking to the major financial and political clout of an increasingly global industry. Prior to founding Wallet, Elise was internationally recognized as “the world’s youngest editor-in-chief” at age 13 in international press.
Cameron-James Wilson
British fashion photographer and visual artist
With over a decade of experience in the industry, Cameron was seeking inspiration in a new medium and began experimenting in 3D modeling and CGI when he created Shudu – the World’s First Digital Supermodel.
British fashion photographer and visual artist
With over a decade of experience in the industry, Cameron was seeking inspiration in a new medium and began experimenting in 3D modeling and CGI when he created Shudu – the World’s First Digital Supermodel.
He has since founded The Diigitals, an all-digital modeling agency created to demonstrate the potential of 3D fashion modeling and showcase its application for innovative brands. Cameron hopes to champion diversity in both the fashion and digital worlds and collaborate with creators from emerging economies and under-represented communities.
Diane Drubay
Artist and museum founder
With her vision of a future respectful of people and the planet empowered by museums Diane accelerates the transformation of museums internationally since 2007.
Artist and museum founder
With her vision of a future respectful of people and the planet empowered by museums Diane accelerates the transformation of museums internationally since 2007.
. Her values inspired the creation of the movement We Are Museums, and beforehand, the museum digital strategy agency Buzzeum. She also founded the Museum Think Tank Berlin, co-founded Museomix and is currently the conference curator of Museum Connections. Previously, she worked at the French Ministry of Culture and Communication and at the Henner Museum in Paris.
Dr. Nathalie Weidenfeld
Author
Nathalie was born in France and grew up bilingual. She studied American Literature & Cultural Studies, completing her PhD in 2005.
Author
Nathalie was born in France and grew up bilingual. She studied American Literature & Cultural Studies, completing her PhD in 2005.
She has been a lecturer at LMU (Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich) for Film Theory & Analysis and published both fiction and academic books.
Kenza Ait Si Abbou Lyadini
Senior Managerin für Robotik und Künstliche Intelligenz
Als Senior Managerin für Robotik und Künstliche Intelligenz bei der Deutschen Telekom setzt sich Kenza Ait Si Abbou Lyadini für RPA- und KI-Lösungen im IT-Bereich des Unternehmens ein. Sie berät die Geschäftsbereiche der Deutschen Telekom in allen Fragen rund um Robotik und KI.
Senior Managerin für Robotik und Künstliche Intelligenz
Als Senior Managerin für Robotik und Künstliche Intelligenz bei der Deutschen Telekom setzt sich Kenza Ait Si Abbou Lyadini für RPA- und KI-Lösungen im IT-Bereich des Unternehmens ein. Sie berät die Geschäftsbereiche der Deutschen Telekom in allen Fragen rund um Robotik und KI.
Zudem unterstützt sie die Unternehmen bei der Identifizierung von Anwendungsfällen für Automatisierungen und KI sowie der Entwicklung der besten Lösungen für ihre Bedürfnisse. Kenza Ait Si Abbou Lyadini studierte Telekommunikationstechnik in Spanien, Projektmanagement in Deutschland und Chinesisch als Fremdsprache in China.
Nachdem sie einige Jahre in der Hardware-Entwicklung in Spanien tätig gewesen war, legte sie 2010 einen beruflichen Zwischenstopp bei der Weltausstellung in Shanghai ein, bevor sie 2011 ihre Tätigkeit bei T-Systems in Berlin aufnahm. Sie hat bereits eine Vielzahl von Großprojekten für die Deutsche Telekom erfolgreich gestemmt, dazu gehörten ITC-Outsourcing-Ausschreibungen, agile Transformationen und der Einsatz neuer IT-Applikationen und Netzwerkarchitekturen.
Im Dezember 2018 wurde sie mit dem Digital Female Leader Award in der Kategorie IT/Tech ausgezeichnet. Im April 2019 erhielt sie den Engineer Powerwoman Award der Deutschen Messe für ihr Engagement und den Einsatz für mehr Diversität in der IT- und KI-Welt.
Quirin Berg
CEO and producer
Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann founded Wiedemann & Berg Film in 2003, followed by their TV company W&B Television in 2010. The combination of cinema and TV, the focus on high-quality and commercial projects, pioneering spirit, a great team and the early collaboration with outstanding creative people have made Wiedemann & Berg one of the most successful production houses in Germany.
CEO and producer
Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann founded Wiedemann & Berg Film in 2003, followed by their TV company W&B Television in 2010. The combination of cinema and TV, the focus on high-quality and commercial projects, pioneering spirit, a great team and the early collaboration with outstanding creative people have made Wiedemann & Berg one of the most successful production houses in Germany.
Their first feature “The Lives of Others” was awarded an Oscar® for best foreign language film in 2006. Their wide scope of TV projects includes not only television feature films and series for all major German broadcasters but also highly acclaimed and internationally awarded mini-series such as „German History X“ and „Line of Separation“.
The focus on their role as pioneering producers reflects in having produced the first German Pay-TV series for TNT Series/Turner Broadcasting followed by “4 Blocks”, which already achieved cult status. The producers and their productions have received numerous awards.
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